SVG to EPS .. Failed to get connection

[AR]

Ubuntu vagrant instance hashicorp32/hashicorp32

Inkscape 0.91r repo from
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable

Trying to convert an SVG to EPS using the command line. For record this command works perfectly on windows inkscape (also command line)

inkscape temp.svg -E temp.eps --export-ignore-filters --export-ps-level=3
Failed to get connection
** (inkscape:17712): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name: assertion 'connection != NULL' failed

** (inkscape:17712): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion 'DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

** (inkscape:17712): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_connection_register_g_object: assertion 'connection != NULL' failed

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Could you please verify which inkscape build is actually launched by that command and whether or why it was configured and compiled with the (experimental) dbus API enabled?

AFAICT (I checked the latest build logs for the stable and trunk Ubuntu 12.04 packages) the (experimental) dbusapi is not enabled in any of the PPAs provided by ~inkscape.dev (neither stable nor trunk). If you can't figure out how to retrieve and install a stable Inkscape package which was regularly configured (without built-in support for DBus interface), you probably will have to take care that the environment in which the command is run is set up such that the inkscape process can connect to a current session dbus.

[AR (andrewfreddin)]

inkscape 0.91 was installed by using
add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable (This is probably not the EXACT command but you probably get what you need)

I was able to get it to work by messing around and somehow starting dbus but it's not exactly the greatest fix. I have it all set up in a vagrant instance if you wanted an environment where you can reproduce it every time.

it's also worth noting that inkscape 0.48 (or whatever is installed by default in ubuntu) does not display this issue.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Setting status to 'Confirmed' for now based on similar question on the mailing list:
http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/SVG-to-PDF-dbus-errors-on-Ubuntu-inkscape-dev-stable-PPA-td4974021.html

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

Closing in favor of https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/issues/294